Application Deployment for WinCE 5.0 6 - 19
AirBEAM Smart
The AirBEAM Smart product allows specially designed software packages to be transferred between a host server
and Motorola wireless handheld devices. Before transfer, AirBEAM Smart checks and compares package versions,
so that only updated packages are loaded.
AirBEAM Smart resides on radio-equipped client devices and allows them to request, download, and install
software, as well as to upload files and status data. A single communications session performs both file download
and upload. The ability to transfer software over a radio network can greatly reduce the logistical efforts of client
software management.
In an AirBEAM Smart system, a network-accessible host server acts as the storage point for the software transfer.
The AirBEAM Smart Client uses the industry standard FTP or TFTP file transfer protocols to check the host system
for updates and, if necessary, to transfer updated software.
AirBEAM Package Builder
In a typical distributed AirBEAM system, software to be transferred is organized into packages. In general, an
AirBEAM package is a set of files that are assigned attributes both as an entire package and as individual
component files. The package is assigned a version number and the transfer occurs when an updated version is
available.
An AirBEAM package can optionally contain developer-specified logic to be used to install the package. Installation
logic is typically used to update client device flash images or radio firmware. Examples of common AirBEAM
packages would include packages for custom client application software, radio firmware, and AirBEAM Smart
Client software.
Once these packages are built, they are installed on the host server for retrieval by the handheld device. Use the
AirBEAM Package Builder utility to define, generate, and install AirBEAM packages to a server. The packages are
then loaded from the server onto a client device equipped with an AirBEAM Smart Client executable.
For instructions on how to define, generate, and install AirBEAM packages to the server, refer to the
AirBEAM
Package Builder Product Reference Guide
, p/n 72-55769-xx.
AirBEAM Smart Client
The AirBEAM Smart Client resides on the handheld mobile computer. It is configured with the server access
information, the names of the packages to be downloaded and other controlling parameters. When the AirBEAM
Smart Client is launched, the device connects to the specified FTP server and checks the packages it is configured
to look for. If the package version was updated, the client requests the transfer.
NOTE
For more information about AirBEAM Smart, refer to the
AirBEAM
®
Smart Windows
®
CE Client Product
Reference Guide
(p/n 72-63060-xx).
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